a-blue ball disappeared while re-registering with avast! home

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I have WinXP home, SP2. Before switching to avast! home, I had AVG home but was able to delete it completely.

Hello, as I’m writing this I see avast! is back on my taskbar with the message that my 60-day trial period will end soon and to remedy the situation by re-registering for another 14 months. I had done all of that when in the middle of it all, the a-blue ball had disappeared…

I shall try again the entire process from scratch and this time hopefully I’ll get the re-registration completed without interruption, and will report to you either joyfully or…with a problem. :wink: Adela

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I would suggest this if you haven’t already done so - AVG8.x Remover, download tool from here, http://www.avg.com/download-tools there is a 32bit and 64 bit windows version, ensure you use the correct one.

I would also suggest that you update to Windows XP SP3 as this has been out for a little over a year now.

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Thank you David! After I tried a few more times…alleluia! The little a-ball remained and I was able to complete the process today! I appreciate your suggestions which I’ll keep in case it happens again when I have to re-register a year from now. :o) Adela

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You’re welcome.

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Hopefully you will have updated to XP SP3 by then also. :wink:

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Hi All, I really don’t like SP3 because of the many bad reviews and complaints I read (which I also read of Win Vista and IE 7 & 8…) I’m happy with XP and IE 6.0; yet, I’m now stuck with those… :cry:

Yes, after having great results for 9 years and 9 months with my faithful Dell computer (and still going strong), I just bought a…Dell which is arriving soon.
http://view.ed4.net/v/DBNY4S/Y4OXZ/C53QP9Z/HYOBPWF/MAILACTION=1&FORMAT=H

I hope it is as good a buy as I thought it is, and will appreciate VERY
MUCH your opinion. I had to decide in only 2 hours since I discovered the sale on its last few hours… I hope I can use my present still-good 4 year-old HD as a backup “slave”?

I understand this is not the forum for this type of post, and thanks ever so much for any suggestions! :slight_smile: Adela

P.S. It also comes with Norton or McCaffe for 15 month subs. I chose the latter (lesser of the evils?)…

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Typical high pressure advertising.

Next they will get Vince the Slap Chop guy to market their stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUbWjIKxrrs

I go to a local PC store that is only 10 minutes walk away and I get what I want without pre-installed limited use trials and advertising gimmicks.

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Thanks YoKenny, but I too would go to the local PC store IF I had the guts and the knowledge for it. Otherwise, even a local store could take advantage and convince me! lol! Unfortunately I can’t afford to continue to invest in techis, who could probably direct me in the right path. :slight_smile: I’ll ust have to grin and bear!

Thank you again! Adela

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SP3 is a must have for XP… I see no reason for not upgrading the OS.

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SP3 is a must have for XP... I see no reason for not upgrading the OS.

Hi and thank you tech, luckily (or unluckily) with my new computer comes new software so I won’t need to upgrade to SP3… Even the problem with the a-blue ball I had, resolved itself without the SP3. :slight_smile:

Thanks again! Adela

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You’re welcome. Feel free to come back any time you need help or just to change experiences 8)